Cable-railway brake



Patented June-17, 1890.

' C. s. Moss.

CABLE RAILWAY BRAKE.

(No Model.)

In QQ IEumtllmulul!un UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. MOSS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CABLE-RAI L WAY BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,140, dated June 17,1890.

Application filed March 18, 1890. Serial No. 344,308. (No model.)

vTo all whom t may concern;

Beit known that I, CHARLES S. MOSS, of Kansas Cit-y, Jackson county,Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCable-Railway Brakes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings, forminga part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in street-railway-car brakes, andmay be said to consist in the novel construction and combination ofdiierent parts, hereinafter more fully set forth and described.

The main object of my invention is to produce a means by which acable-railway streetcar may be brought to a sudden standstill in case ofthe Cable breaking while passing over a steep incline in cable roads,and may be advantageously used for the same purpose on electric andhorse-car lines.

Referring' to the drawings, Figure l is a side view of a street-railwaycar on which my braking device is rigidly secured to the under side ofthe car. It may be attached to any suitable point directly over the slotin the track or over the slot between the grip-rails of a cable-railwaystreet-car. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of my device, showing the mannerin which it is secured to the under side of the car with its pointsextending downward between the two slot-rails of the car. Fig. 3 is asection ot a street-railway track with the slotrail runninglongitudinally through the center, which will answer the same purpose inconnection with my locking device on an electric-railway or horse car.Fig. +L is a viewlot a hanging bracket, which is rigidly secured to theunder side of the car which holds the lever of the brake in position.Fig. 5 is a View of the operating-lever D detached, showing the angularportion d. Fig. G is a view of the braking device having the recessedsides c c c and head B.

I make my braking device out of springsteel, any suitable size withsufficient strength.

The View seen in Fig. 6 will more fully illustrate the manner in whichthe braking device is constructed. It will be seen in this view that Iuse a slab of steel of any suitable thickness to pass loosely-betweenthe slot-rails or in other slots made for the purpose. The slab is thensplit about two-thirds ot' its length from thelower end upward. The twooutside pieces are bent outward in a recessed form. The inside piece isbent outward in the opposite direction in such a mannerthat the points ad and b still hold their normal position with the main bar of the deviceabove the splits. I then take the lever D with a port-ion of the rightanglev iiattened out in a longitudinal shape. rlhis right-angle portionis inserted through the opening made by the said bending operation,(seen in position attached to the car at Fig. 1,) the lever passingthrough the bottom of the car and extending upward a suitable distance,so that it can be operated by the gripman or the conductor on the car,as the case may be.

In Fig. l, A is a cable-railway grip-car. B is a iange portion of mydevice, showing the perforations made for the insertion of bolts torigidly secure the invention to the under side of the car. C istheslot-rail. D is a lever extending upward through the car by which myinvention is operated, or it may be operated by any other suitablemethod. E is a hanging bracket. F is the slot running transverselythrough the timber in which the leveris operated. a a and b is the lowerportion of my braking device. o c and c is the recessed sides of mydevice through which right-angle portion of lever D passes. B is thestem of the device. G is the floor otthe car. (i is the right-angleportion ot' lever D. Il is a slot(seen at Fig. 3 an electric-railway orhorse-car track) in which my locking device may be inserted.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to be protected in by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. A braking device rigidly secured to the bottom of a street-car havingadjustable points d co b, extending downward and passing be` tween thetwo slot-rails of said railway, as fully set forth and described.

2. A street-railway braking device with a flange-head B and extendedstem B, in combination with lever D, with longitudinal por- IOO tionpassing through a recess made by splitsisting of flanged head B', withan extended ting stern of the'device into three parts, as stem B,siitted at Z Z, recessed sides c c c, and fully set forth and described.extended points passing down through slot C 3. In a streetrailwaybraking device ator slot H, as fully set forth and described. 15 5tached to the under side of the car, the lever In testimony whereof I axmy signature in D, having angular portion d, and the stem B, presence oftwo Witnesses.

havinor recessed sides c c c, and adjustable pointsa a b, said pointsextending down in CHARLES s' MOSS' slot C,substantia11y as described.Witnesses: 1o 4. A street-railway brakingdeviceattached H. E. PRICE,

to the under side of a street-railway car,con A. A. IAIIGDON.

